Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



No. 877,625. I 4 PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

I L. P. ADT.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1905.

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LEO F. ADT, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

NOSE-GUARD FOR EYE GLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvements in nose-guards foreyeglasses, and the object of my invention is to provide certainimprovements in nose guards particularly of that kind employing a mainsupporting pad and a supplemental pad for steadying the eyeglasses toprevent tilting while they are supported by the main supporting pads,whereby the guards may be cheaply manufactured and readily applied tothe mountings and adjusted or otherwise adapted to the wearers' nose,and which in use will occupy such a position on the nose as to affordample security and firmness without unduly pinching the wearers nose.

To these and other ends my invention con sists in certain improvementsand combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof this specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a mounting with thelenses attached showing nose guards embodying my invention appliedthereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mounting and guard,portions being omitted; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on theline 33 of Fig. 1 looking toward the right, showing the positions themain and supplemental portions usually occupy relatively to the nose.

My present improvements are shown in the present embodiment as appliedto an ordinary mounting comprising the bridge spring 1 attached at itsends to the lensattaching devices 2 and 3, the latter in turn beingsecured to the lenses, 4 and 5 respec tively. These attaching devicesmay be of any desired form and are provided at their inner ends with asubstantially vertically extending seat 6 for the reception of the endsof the bridge 1 and also the attaching portions of the guards. In theirpresent form these guards are composed of a single piece of preferablyflat material, an intermediate portion 7 of which is formed to enter theseat 6 of the attaching device and is per-. forated to receive thefastening screw 8, and to this intermediate attaching portion the arm 9extends in a direction downwardly and rearwardly to form the mainsupporting portion of the nose guard which is adapted to bear flatwiseagainst the side of the wearers nose. Extending in an opposite directionfrom the intermediate attaching portion of the guard and forming acontinuation of the arm 9 is a shank '10 which is formed by an edgewisebend of the material of the guard, the said shank extending upwardlyfrom the intermediate attaching portion and bending rearwardly anddownwardly, and to the free end of this shank is attached the auxiliaryor supplemental nose-bearing portion which is formed by doubling theshank upwardly and preferably providing the free end of the doubledportion with an enlarged nose-bearing portion 11, and this supplementalnoseengaging portion 11 usually occupies a position in rear of andsubstantially on the same level as the intermediate attaching portion ofthe guard.

The guard described is made up of substantially a continuous strip ofmaterial an intermediate portion of which forms the attaching portionfor the guard and the lower and upper extensions thereof comprise the 1main and supplemental nose engaging portions thereof, and it mayobviously be formed of a straight strip of material by simply bending itedgewise and flatwise for the respective nose-engaging portions, or itmay be punched at a single operation from sheet material, and in casethe particular form of supplemental pad 11 is employed the free end ofthe shank 10 is doubled flatwise, and in each case there are no sharpangles or corners which are liable to cause breakage. Of course asupplemental nose-engaging pad of any desired form may be employed someforms of which would further simplify and cheapen the cost of making theguard, but I prefer to employ a form substantially as that shown, forthe rearwardly and downwardly extending shank 10 is of sufficient lengthto enable the supplemental pad to be adjusted bodily inwardly andoutwardly i. e. planes parallel with that of the optical axes of thelenses without disturbing the relation of the nose engaging surface ofthe auxiliary pad to the side of the wearers nose, and in employing thelooped or double portion for conauxiliary pads and the shanks, thedistance of the supplemental pads in rear of the lenses may be readilyadjusted by bending'the pad 11 edgewise and thereby twisting the bend inthe doubled portion and a yielding pressure is produced upon the wearersnose.

When the eyeglasses occupy a proper position on the nose of the wearer,the arm 9 of the guard which extends obliquely relatively to the planeof the lenses will occupy a position approximately at right angles tothe front of the nose to sustain the weight of the eyeglasses and toprevent the lateral swinging of the eyeglasses, and the auxiliary orsupplemental pads will engage upon opposite sides of the nose at pointsabove the portions 9 and offset from the line of the lower portions 9 ofthe guard and thereby steady the eyeglasses and prevent their tiltingabout the lower arms 9, and by arranging the main and supplementalportions of the guards in the manner described, ample security andrigidity is obtained without unduly pinching the wearers nose.

I claim as my invention: 1. In eyeglasses, the combination with thelenses, the bridge connecting them and the attaching devices for thebridge and guards, of nose guards each embodying an intermediateattaching portion, a nose-engaging por tion extending downwardly fromthe lower end of the attaching portion and arranged obliquely rearwardlyin relation to the plane of the lenses, and a shank doubled upon itselfand extending rearwardly from the upper end of the attaching portion andprovided with a supplemental nose-engaging portion.

2. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, the bridge connectingthem and the attaching devices for the bridge and guards,

.of nose guards each embodying a verticallyextending attaching portion,a downwardlyextending arm arranged in rear and obliquely to the plane ofthe lenses and adapted to engage the wearers nose, and a shank extendingfrom the upper end of the verticallyarranged attaching portion having anup wardly opening loop and a supplemental nose-engaging portion on theshank beyond the loop and offset from the said arm.

3. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, the bridge connectingthem, and the attaching devices for the bridge and guards,

of nose guards each embodying an intermediate vertically-extendingattaching portion, a downwardly-extending arm forming a continuation ofthe attaching portion adapted to engage the wearers nose, and arearwardlyextending shank attached to the upper portion of the attachingportion having an inwardly doubled arm thereon forming a supplementalnose pad.

4. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, the bridge connectingthem, and the attaching devices for the bridge and guards, of noseguards each embodying a verticallyextending attaching portion secured inthe attaching device. and having a rearwardly and downwardly extendingshankattached to its upper end, and a nose-engaging portion connected tothe free end of the shank by a bend in the material substantially in adirection parallel to the plane of the lenses.

5. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, the bridge connectingthem, and attaohing devices for the spring and guards, of nose guardseach embodying a verticallyextending attaching portion secured by theattaching device, a rearwardly and downwardly-extending shank attachedto the upper end of the attaching portion having its free end doubled ina direction substantially parallel to the plane of the lenses to form anose-engaging portion.

6. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, the bridge connectingthem and the attaching devices for the spring and guards, of nose guardseach embodying an intermediate vertically-extending attaching portionsecured to the attaching device, a downwardly-extending arm forming alower extension of the attaching device and adapted to engage thewearers nose and a shank attached to the upper end of the attachingportion extending rearwardly and having its end inwardly doubled to forma yieldingly supported supplemental nose-engaging portion which isoffset from the downwardly-extendlng arm.

7. A nose guard for eyeglasses composed of a single piece of flatmaterial embodying an intermediate attaching portion, an arm forming a'continuation of the attaching portion in one direction, a shank forminga continuation of the attaching portion and extending in a directionlaterally of the-said arm, the end of the shank being doubled inwardlyand in a direction flatwise of the material to form an adjustable pad.

8. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses and the bridgeconnecting them, of a nose guard formed of sheet material having a lowerbearing surface and a supplemental nose-engaging surface or pad arrangedabove and in rear of the lower bearing surface and connected thereto bya pliable arm upwardly opening loop flatwise of the material forpermitting adjustment of the upper nose-engaging surface in a directionforwardly and reararranged above and in rear of the bearing portion andconnected thereto by a U- shaped supporting arm extending from the paddownwardly and then doubled inwardly and upwardly with the flat surfacesof the metal lying in different planes.

10. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and bridgeconnecting them, of a nose guard formed of sheet metal and em bodying anose-engaging portion, and a pliable connecting arm or shank having anupwardly opening loop in substantially the di rection of the plane ofthe lenses, and having an attaching portion leading downwardly to itspoint of attachment to the lens.

11. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses having suitableattaching devices, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards formedof pliable material each embodying a connecting arm extending rearwardlyand downwardly from the top of the attaching device, and thence doubledinwardly and upwardly to form a nose-engaging pad or surface which maybe adjusted in a direction forwardly and rearwardly of the plane of thelenses without altering substantially the relative height of said pad orsurface.

12. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses having suitableattaching devices, and a bridge connecting them, of nose-guards composedof fiat material each embodying a lower nose bearing surface, and an armextending rearwardly from the top of the attaching device, and having anupwardly opening loop therein flatwise of the material to form ayielding nose-engaging surface or pad.

13. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses having attachingdevices thereon and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards connectedto the attaching devices and hav ing arms arranged in rear of the latterand yielding nose-engaging portions doubled inwardly and upwardly fromsaid arms.

14. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridgeconnecting them, of nose guards attached to the lenses each composed offlat material and embodying an arm arranged in rear of the point ofattachment and extending above the latter, the lower end of said armbeing doubled inwardly, thence extending upwardly to form a yieldingnose-engaging portion.

15. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses and the bridgeconnecting them, of nose guards each comprising a shank extendingrearwardly and downwardly, and a noseengaging portion connected to thedownwardly extending portion by an inward and upward bend in thematerial substantially in a direction parallel to the plane of thelenses,

LEO F. ADT.

Witnesses:

F. F. CHURCH, G. WILLARD Bron.

